Celer (group)
| Celer | |
|---|---|
| Origin | Huntington Beach, California, U.S. |
| Genres |
Ambient music Drone music Electronic music Experimental music Film scores Minimalist music |
| Years active | 2005 — Present |
| Labels |
Self-released Infraction Slow Flow Records Spekk And/oar Mystery Sea Dragons Eye Recordings Low Point Humming Conch Sentient Recognition Archive Digitalis Home Normal Students Of Decay Smallfish Basses Frequences Blackest Rainbow Streamline Murmur Records Entropy Records |
| Associated acts | Chubby Wolf, Oh, Yoko, Rangefinder, Hollywood Dream Trip |
| Website | http://www.celer.jp |
| Members |
Will Long |
| Past members |
Danielle Baquet-Long (deceased) |
Celer is a warm drone music group based in Tokyo, Japan.
About
Founded in 2005, at the beginning of their relationship in Huntington Beach, California, U.S.A., Celer was created as a musical and artistic collaboration between Danielle Baquet-Long and Will Long. After producing music for record labels, installations, and exhibits worldwide from 2005-2009, Danielle Baquet-Long died on July 8, 2009 of heart failure,[1] From 2009 to the present, Celer is the solo ambient project of Will Long.[2]
History
Between 2005 and 2007, the couple created 22 releases, which they self-released, packaged in handmade, hand-painted packages, with designs, and individual stencils. The handmade packaging designs have been described as "deliciously mysterious",[3] where "Muted and bleach colours stretch as far as the eye can see in these panoramic paintings for the mind",[4] and the music as "deeply personal, or unwittingly obscure",[5] and "gentle, haunting and evocative".[6]
Discography
Albums
- White Prism (Self-released, 2004)
- Ariill (Self-released, 2005)
- Belsslsssll (Self-released, 2005)
- Ceylon (Self-released, 2006)
- Continents (Self-released, 2006)
- Descender (Self-released, 2006)
- Melodia (Self-released, 2006)
- Sampling Pond (Self-released, 2006)
- Sunlir/Scols (Self-released, 2006)
- Tingshas (Self-released, 2006)
- Ammonia (Self-released, 2007)
- Cantus Libres (Self-released, 2007)
- Dilue (Diluted) (Self-released, 2007)
- Neon (Self-released, 2007)
- Para (Self-released, 2007)
- Red Seals (Self-released, 2007)
- Sadha (Self-released, 2007)
- Sieline (Self-released, 2007)
- Discourses Of The Withered (Infraction, 2008)
- The Everything And The Nothing (Infraction, 2008)
- Nacreous Clouds (And/oar, 2008)
- Tropical (Mystery Sea, 2008)
- Cursory Asperses (Slow Flow Records, 2008)
- I Love You So Much I Can't Even Title This (The Light That Never Goes Out Went Out) (Self-released, 2008)
- Capri (Humming Conch, 2009)
- Compositions For Cassette (Digitalis Limited, 2009)
- Breeze Of Roses (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2009)
- Engaged Touches (Home Normal, 2009)
- Levitation And Breaking Points (Self-released, 2009)
- Fountain Glider (Students Of Decay, 2009)
- Poulaine (Students Of Decay, 2009)
- Brittle (Low Point, 2009)
- Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-All (Sentient Recognition Archive, 2009)
- In Escaping Lakes (Slow Flow Records, 2009)
- Pockets Of Wheat (Soundscaping Records, 2010)
- Rags Of Contentment (Digitalis Limited, 2010)
- Dwell In Possibility (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
- Dying Star (Dragons Eye Recordings, 2010)
- Panoramic Dreams Bathed In Seldomness (Basses Frequences, 2010)
- Honey Moon (Stunned Records, 2010)
- Vestiges Of An Inherent Melancholy (Blackest Rainbow, 2010)
- Salvaged Violets (Infraction, 2010)
- Ever, Irreplaceable Beauty (Self-released, 2011)
- Foolish Causes Of Fail And Ruin (Self-released, 2011)
- Menggayakan (Analog Path, 2011)
- Sunlir (Con-V, 2011)
- Tightrope (Low Point, 2012)
- Evaporate And Wonder (Experimedia, 2012)
- In The Finger-Painted Fields Of The Eyes (Prairie Fire, 2012)
- Dearest Ices (Northern Twilights, 2012)
- Lightness And Irresponsibility (Constellation Tatsu, 2012)
- Epicentral Examples Of The More Or Less (Futuresequence, 2012)
- Redness + Perplexity (Somehow Recordings, 2012)
- Relief and Altruism (Self-released, 2012)
- An Immensity Merely To Save Life (Self-released, 2012)
- Without Retrospect, the Morning (Glacial Movements, 2012)
- Perfectly Beneath Us (Still*Sleep, 2012)
- I, Anatomy (Streamline, 2012)
- Radish (Commune Disc, 2013)
- Viewpoint (Murmur Records, 2013)
- Climbing Formation (Entropy Records, 2013)
- Diving Into the Plasma Pool (Self-released, 2013)
- Voyeur (Humming Conch, 2014)
- Zigzag (Spekk, 2014)
- Sky Limits (Two Acorns, 2014)
- Sky Limits (Baskaru, 2014)
Collaborations
- Mesoscaphe with Mathieu Ruhlmann (Spekk, 2008)
- Generic City with Yui Onodera (Two Acorns, 2010)
- Maastunnel/Mt. Mitake with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Numa/Penarie with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Greetings From Celer & Machinefabriek with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Hei/Sou with Machinefabriek (Self-released, 2012)
- Vain Shapes And Intricate Parapets with Hakobune (Chemical Tapes, 2013)
EPs, Singles
- Canopy (Self-released, 2007)
- Elias (Self-released, 2007)
- Untitled (Frozen Loop (Self-released, 2007)
- Voodoo Crowds (Self-released, 2007)
- Mane Blooms (Low Point, 2009)
- Four Pieces/One (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Two (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Three (Smallfish, 2009)
- Four Pieces/Four (Smallfish, 2009)
- All At Once Is What Eternity Is (Taâlem, 2010)
- Hell Detoured (Rural Colours, 2010)
- Weavings Of A Rapid Disenchantment (Basses Frequences, 2010)
- Emotion (Self-released, 2012)
- Weak Ends (Self-released, 2013)
- 日没 Nichibotsu (Self-released, 2013)
References
- ↑ "Celer: Love and Quietude". www.tokafi.com. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Celer". www.thesingularwe.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Celer". www.hardformat.org. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Celer: Neon". www.textura.org. August 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Celer – NEON – CDR – Self Release, hand made packaging". White Line. June 21, 2008. Retrieved June 10, 2012.
- ↑ "Celer – Close Proximity And The Unhindered Care-all". The Line Of Best Fit. March 18, 2010. Retrieved August 19, 2012.